Telegram-herald., 1887-12-04
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snd sage sYs siAas. i a tae Afliag'oa.
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roto work. very siosiY end dsileeralsly,
ca the Fisheries qassil co. A pEsliainaEs
messing sas held wednesday. fhe tfs-
easncy u fhs sszs.ons MI cspead snEtrsiy
uDon ths ahsaciss tast mag arise Ia tae
course Of the negcusl0ns- A sssolseon
has bssa unanimously adopted 70 kssp
the precssiiBgs of he Eeg0fiatoEs secret
Until the conclasion q their work. The
staismsnt Is sEthorizsi - secrstory Bay
ard tkaf articles purpofunx 70 tel xh@E has
bssn done a. any aasel.lg ars entirely IN
aathonzsd snd fereiy speculation he
atdsg ma. The public had Ossa f1liy Ia
formsl "a 70 ths position Of the Govern
meat = ths maltsI. The subject be said.
Il twO years old. ss i4r as thls aimi0ls-
tstion Is concerned, and oser a hundred
years cd a. regards tns people o. ths
Unifed States
one Of the features OF the Postmaster
Gensrals a0aaal resort vii &c the state
meat that department. by the end Of next
year viii pr0nscvg Be selt-suppofung. The
denciL has besn iessened nearly three hail
lion dGriGs the pssE year. and with coz
taued increase IN the revenues. which last
year amounted % about 10 per cent, and
decrease ia L5e expenses which was about
81 per cent, there Is every prospect that
TIE revenues Nil e. AL The expenditures by
the end 81 the year. For the year sndlng
June 1. lsod. the deficit vas over eight
million, and for the year ending Jane /,
lsS7 the deficit vas over i've millions, IN
cludiug, 0i course The smount credited 10
the Union Pacihc railroad for the tFanspor-
talon OF the mails. The large increase ia
the revenues Is ne result ia part oi large
additions 10 the population OF the country
snd the activity IN business. But 10 Is
largely attributable % tie Use Of mSiis Ia
carrying merchandise.
The man who sold $4,000 worth Of dia-
nOnds 10 W ashiugt0n society people, in
elgding Mrs. WhiEney's $500 necklace.
met with blood curdilng adventure last
week. lie VAS showing 20 8 tflend IN the
kbelit House trs1 81 magnificent gems.
Among them was ~ opal over an inch
lonx, aDI wonderfully iridescenL bat the
-tar OF lhs eollecEiCn was a diamond OF If
teen carsts. which be was just handing TO
bis friend. with tue remark that it was the
finest gsr IN the world on the market.
when 10 shot from between the tNeezers and
fsw the whole length Of the room.
It vas seen 90 fall near the door
towards the wash-room. The doors
were closed while a careful search OF
the hoor was commenced. The dealer was
about To give Up IN despair and conclude
tsst bis so 40 gem bad isllen through
hole ia the door where steam pipe had
formerly been, when Dr. Couss, of the
Navy. who vas coming out OF the wash
room, pulled The great gem from his vest
pocket and gave IL TO the 0iamOnd msr-
chant he said be had picked it Cp AZ The
door OF the wash room, Nherr Il had evi-
dently bounded from the reading room,
and vas about 20 give il % the clerk az the
desk. be was much surprised when be
learned the immeEse vslue OF the brilliant
stone. he said he came near not picking
IL np At all and would not have done 80
but for iEs dazzling brilliancy.
Last Winter Il was circulated that q we'll
known society lady bad 5een robbed Of q
set OF diamonds valued st $4,000, the
thief being said 10 be q wsll-kn man In
social circles. the loser being Mrs. Scott
Jownsed. while the culprit was said To De
John SCHUYLER Crosby. Mrs Townsend Is
tie daughter Of Seots, the millionaire
C6nxrsSsmsn. Mr.. Crosby served tor some
time in the army on General Shen-
dams stat. RE was appointed By
PRESIDENT Arthur as Governor of Montana
Territory. and subsequently was made
First Assistants Postmaster-Gene IL has
nov been discovered that the diamonds
were stolen BY servant Ia the employ OF
Mrs.. Townsend, who. after the theft escaped
70 California and recently opened negOtis-
tions through sn attorney for their return,
his price being IS ,0O0 aud promise that be
should not be prosecuted. Governor Crosby
will prosecute the people who frst put the
story IN circulation.
People Who deal IN monsy, either "a bor-
rowsrs or lenders can Themselves judge
whether there - % De ease cr stringency OF
money during the coming month. This
year the most important fSctOr IA the case
vii be the possible scti0n Of Congress on
question OF the surplus IN the Treasury. IL
TIE Adm nistralion sDd me repress ntstives
of the people are agreed that the very
first duty Of the Government = 20 restore
the lookup millions 20 the channels Of
trade one nav expect an advancing mar
ket Tor the rest 81 the year. Even the
usual expected January rises may be an
ticipatsd. II however. there Is no disposi-
ton shown TO spend money IN the Treasury
on works Of public utility or for navsl de-
fensivs purposes. the business men Will be
Justly disappointed. Then II Congress
elects 10 piusge into the interminaDie de-
bate on the tariff sod taxation In general.
before The surplus - gotteu 0us Of the wsy.
the very worst il 20 be feared There seems
% De no immediate danger. however. OF
any disaster - the MARKET lt viii be
several weeks before the temper Of the sd-
miaistration snd Congress can oe gagged.
Operators viii hoDe for the best, aud viii
discount a iAvorsble state Of things pend
ing tns meeting Of Congress.
Fryer. manager Of the Arrow Steam ship
Company. across tne river as Alexsntfris.
and designer of toe Pocahonfss. i a man
,f many schemes. About year sgo Fryer
proposed 10 construct al immense cata-
msrsn that should Be able 20 go 20 sea
and steam up great rivers. The main
feature of this grest vessel was 70 De an
immense theatre. seating toNo persons,
but Il was 90 contain sn immense hotei and
restaurants as wsii. 80 that excursion parties
could 20 Gus from the greas cities on hot,
samr-r nixhts and witness a theatri-
csl performances IS taeT steam esi
ever the waves. Tbe f8et cost of tns boat
vas n oe a6e0eo0 aud weekly expenses
would % at iesst S5.s&l per seek- Another
one Of Fryer's schemes was bis steam life
boat with wheeis r8at c0uid ran on land
ss well as ia wafer. lie claimed that n
ease q disaster it could sessm along the
beach until near the wreek and then
plunge into the water. steam 01t 70 tas
sinking ship. rescue me passeuzers aud ther
tnrn about and plough i0r Isnd. run up on
the beacn %. the nearest aotel whers the
sasseagsrs soald Cad safety ana ccniort-